American Go E-Journal

The highly anticipated first game of the 10-game series (jubango) with $860,000 in prize money between Lee Sedol and Gu Li will be held in China on Sunday, Jan. 26 (Lee Sedol-Gu Li Jubango to be Broadcast Live on KGS 1/20 EJ). Thanks to the international date line, this game will start on Saturday evening, Jan. 25 in the U.S. The game will be broadcast by KGS starting at 8:30 pm EST, and 5:30 pm PST. The commentary by Myungwan Kim and others will start at 10 pm EST and 7 pm PST.

Here is a promo for the match from China, with English subtitles provided by gogameguru.com. The Seattle Go Center will be showing the game with a digital projector and host Andrew Jackson is planning on staying up late, since the game could run 8 hours. Saturday Manager Dennis Wheeler added “we’re going to make it a big midnight party”. Photo: KGS broadcast of Takemiya simultaneous games from the Seattle Go Center (Aug. 2013). Photo/Report by Brian Allen